Vol 2 Chapter 271: Pride and prejudice

Chapter 271 Pride and Prejudice

Strong soldiers and strong horses!

Lin Feng sat in his seat of the president and looked at the people attending the meeting. For the first time, he felt that his company is no longer as weak as before. Although it is not about talented people, it also brings together a lot of industry. Elite, enough to do a big cause.

The five major game development departments, the technology research and development department, and the cg production department are all core departments of the "Second World". Working under his own staff and working hard to build the number one game company in the game industry, Lin Feng couldn't think of the reason for his failure.

"The meeting officially begins!" Lin Feng glanced around the crowd and said briefly.

"Dong Lin, in the third quarter, Legend has launched the "Ten Thousands Battle" and successively introduced measures such as merging servers, ensuring that there are at least 10,000 online players on each server, plus the "World No. 1 Tournament Conference" held every month. , The popularity continued to rise, and the net profit of Legend in the third quarter was 41 million US dollars. "According to the example, Cui Ming from the first game development department spoke.

Huh! Gable, the vice president who just joined the company, and Minh-le, head of the fourth game development department, took a breath and were shocked by the legendary profit.

Lin Feng glanced at Gable and minh-le (Minwu-Li), secretly proud. This time, Cui Ming deliberately reported in U.S. dollars, also beating Gable and Minwu Lee. Although the two companies merged, in the two days of contact, whether it is Gable, Minwu. Lee, and those former "valve" technicians under him, there is a kind of arrogance and prejudice in their bones. They think that this merger, although it is "Valve" is merged into the "Second World", but that's because the "Second World" has money. Technically speaking, these original "valves" looked down upon the technicians of Linfeng Company a little bit, even contemptuously. As for Cohen, who developed "cloud computing", they are indeed beyond the reach. However, most "valve" employees believe that Cohen also came from "valve" and do not count him in Lin Feng's company.

For the employees of “Second World”, the arrogance of “valve” is extremely dissatisfied, but after all, the other party has the strength of arrogance, so they can only hide their dissatisfaction in their hearts so as not to be said. They are sour in their hearts. But if this continues, sooner or later, irreconcilable contradictions will inevitably arise. This is definitely not what Lin Feng wants to see.

The danger must be strangled in the cradle!

Lin Feng can understand the psychology of Gable and others. After all, they have also created brilliant achievements, especially now that the counter-strike elite is becoming popular all over the world, and they have the capital to be proud of. However, although Lin Feng understands it, it does not mean that Lin Feng can accept it.

Lam Fung's goal is to build the "Second World" into a giant company similar to "ea", even surpassing "ea" to become the world's number one game software development company. Therefore, Lin Feng needs his employees to maintain harmony. Competition is indispensable, but it must be healthy competition, not the so-called so-called arrogance and prejudice that may cause chaos in the company.

This time let Cui Ming speak, but also told Gable that although his company cannot develop classics like Half-Life and Counter-Strike, his own games are more profitable than their classics.

It is true that Half-Life and Counter-Strike have brought hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to "valve" before, but since 1998 to October 2001, "valve" has also received a "one-off" income. However, the "Second World" closely relies on a legendary game and can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year, and as long as the game does not collapse, it will continue to bring huge profits to the company. On the contrary, Gable's games will not have a second income once they are sold. This is the gap.

Gable and Minwu Li glanced at each other with awe.

There was a net profit of 41 million U.S. dollars in one quarter, and 160 million U.S. dollars in revenue that year. This is just a game. At this point, Gable and Minwu Lee both put away the arrogance in their hearts.

For a game software development company, it doesn't matter whether the game is classic or not, what matters is the profit it generates. In this regard, Gable's Half-Life and Counter-Strike are undoubtedly inferior to Lin Feng's legend. In the face of absolute data, that point of arrogance will naturally be forgotten. Although this gave Gable and others a bit of a blow, it made Gable and others more optimistic about the prospects of the "Second World".

Seeing the shocked expressions of Gable and Minwu Lee, Cui Ming was also very proud. The legend was developed by him alone, although both the graphics and the content are in the second-rate, or even close to the third-rate, in the online game market today. But just as quake (雷%%) was developed-the background of the game is like the plot in a movie, although it needs to be there, it is not the most important.

As long as a game can attract players to continue playing, it is a successful game.

The legend has brought absolutely huge profits to the "Second World", which no one can question. Maybe I can't develop a more popular game than a legend in my life, but a legend is enough. ——The voice of Cui Mingze.

"Audition brought 1.2 million US dollars in net profit to the company in the third quarter." Cui Ming finished speaking and looked at Qiu Xin, the director of the second game development department.

"Dong Lin, since the company merged with'valve', we have solved the 3d engine technology and have a new concept of 3d online games. The 3d engine we are using now is developed by the original'valve' company based on the engine development of quake2. In the coming days, I will not pursue gorgeous pictures too much, but focus on the refreshing and smoothness of the pictures. Since some of the previous map scenes have been completed for more than half of the time, the online beta of Jianxia Qingyuan will be available for public beta within one year." Qiu Xin said confidently.

During this period of time, due to the impact of the trapped 3d engine, his second game development department was seriously behind, which made Qiu Xin a little bit unable to look up every time he met. After the company annexed ‘valve’, Qiu Xin’s second game development department received the most benefits. With the mature 3D engine of Counter-Strike, their development progress far exceeds expectations. Moreover, the 3D engine concept of "valve" also avoids the logical misunderstanding of Qiu Xin's pursuit of gorgeous pictures.

In martial arts online games, the pursuit is the hearty refreshment between fights. Although the graphics are gorgeous, it is good, but in the refreshment and graphics of the game, Qiu Xin listened to Minwu Lee's suggestion and chose refreshing and smooth graphics for players. Fully enjoy the fun of fighting.

auzw.com Lin Feng nodded, this time the second game development department has finally achieved some results, and it is worthwhile to invest so much money.

Wu Gang, the third game development department, once developed the first real-time strategy game in China-Blood Lion, but since becoming the head of the third game development department, Plants vs. Zombies are subject to the life cycle of the game. Apart from the hundreds of thousands of monthly advertising expenses, nothing has been achieved.

"Dong Lin, our third game development department has developed a sports casual online game that is famous for football. It will be available for public beta in the near future." Wu Gang said lightly, but with a long breath of relief.

Lin Feng was taken aback for a moment.

"Dong Lin, this is a recreational football. Each player controls a player to chase their dreams on the court. However, considering the computer hardware configuration and the feasibility of the game, we adopted the street football mode. It can be 1vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3 or 4vs4 mode." Wu Gang said excitedly.

In 2001, in addition to the popular online games in China, Beijing’s successful bid for the Olympics, what really made all Chinese men shout and excite is that the Chinese men’s football team may realize their dream of the World Cup this year. Now the Chinese men's football team only needs to win another game to qualify for the group ahead of schedule. Under the leadership of the magical coach Milutilovic, all Chinese men can definitely realize their dreams. Of course, you can't forget Zhang Jilong's magical lucky draw.

Under the background of the current football boom, Wu Gang, who has been in the casual online game market for a while, suddenly watched the game, his eyes brightened, thinking of sports online games, and developed this street football game.

Lin Feng nodded. Sports online games are also a development direction, and my company really needs to diversify the development of games. It doesn't matter if a certain type of game loses money, as long as it can attract popularity.

There is popularity, there is a market. There is a market, there are banknotes!

But as for the national football, Lin Feng was very ashamed. It took a lifetime to get a chance to go to the World Cup. As a result, he swallowed 9 eggs and was sealed home by others. Of course, this is not bad, since then, Lin Feng has completely ignored the national football team. No matter how much money he makes, I am afraid he will not be able to save the national football team.

"Okay, Minister Wu, remember that sports online games are not only football, but also basketball, tennis, table tennis, golf, etc. You can consider them, and you can consider related sports stars as endorsements." Lin Feng suggested.

After Wu Gang listened, his eyes shot red, and he nodded heavily. Obviously Lin Feng gave Wu Gang a great inspiration. In the future, the third development department will no longer be the most tasteless game development department in the "second world".

Minwu Lee, the Minister of the Fourth Development Department, and Gable, the Minister of the Fifth Development Department, have just taken office, and they have not generated any benefits, so there is no need to report the previous profit.

"Well, now we will discuss the company's direction next year and the focus of each game development department." Lin Feng said.

"Dong Lin, I suggest holding a legendary annual "World No. 1 Tournament" at the end of the year to determine this year's legendary strongest player and team. And this "World No. 1 Tournament", I suggest that all competitions Players are invited to Shanghai, let them appear in front of the camera, so that all players can witness the real demeanor of these players in these games with their own eyes." Cui Ming said very excitedly.

When Lin Feng heard it, this proposal was not bad, and it was also very helpful to promote the popularity of the legend. After some discussion at the meeting, the proposal was unanimously approved. However, Lin Feng, who was reminded by Cui Mingze, suddenly brightened his eyes and decided to carry forward Cui Mingze's plan and make it an annual event in the Chinese game industry.

At the end of each year, the "Second World" will hold a gathering of players for all its games. Lin Feng hopes to make it a grand event similar to the "e3 game exhibition", but the "e3 game exhibition" is a grand event for manufacturers to showcase their games. , Lin Feng’s event is a gathering of players, allowing players to enjoy entertainment and communication.

As for the cost, compared to the profits made by the players in the "Second World" every year, this is only a small profit, and Lin Feng felt that it was time to give back to the players. Moreover, Lin Feng also believes that this event will definitely give players a greater sense of belonging and identification with the "Second World". Moreover, if it reaches a certain scale, Lin Feng believes that savvy advertisers will see the business opportunities.

Everyone deeply agreed with Lin Feng's whim. If it can be made into a grand event in the Chinese game industry, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the status of the "Second World" in the domestic game industry. Although the "Second World" technology is now overwhelming the crowd, it is only a leader, not an authority, or a supreme existence. Everyone hopes that the "Second World" can become the authority of the Chinese game industry, the supreme existence, and even the authority of the world game industry.

As for the name of this event, Lin Feng tentatively designated it as the "Second World Players Annual Meeting" and decided to hold it once a year to make this event the biggest festival for Chinese players.

Gaibo and Minwu Li looked admired, and they admired Lin Feng. Only at this moment did they know why "Second World", a company that has only been established for two years, can repeatedly create miracles and become the most powerful existence in the online game industry today. Obviously, the key point lies in Lin Feng and his "wonderful ideas", but these "wonderful ideas" can bring huge returns and countless benefits to the company.

"Dong Lin, regarding Audition, I think whether we can invite some well-known stars to endorse the game characters in it." Cui Ming continued.

During this period of time, because the characters of Audition are modeled after Li Zhiyou, Lin Zhiyou, Huang Meixi and others in 3D modeling, many players are interested in dressing celebrities at the same time in the game, and they have money to buy beautiful clothes inside for Li Zhiyou and other game characters. Wear, and even compare with each other, this is also the reason why Audition can have 1.2 million US dollars in revenue in the third quarter.

However, Audition has only three girls, Li Zhiyou, Lin Zhihui, and Huang Meixi, and they are Korean after all. Many players have a slight lack of identity. In addition, most of the audition players are girls. They have posted on the official website calling for "Second." "World" can invite some male celebrities to let them live the addiction of designing clothes and styles for them. Of course, many male players also called for more female stars to appear, preferably with some more **** costumes.

Man, man!